Conflict
Meanings and phrases
conflict
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); --Thomas Paine; struggle; battle
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; battle; fight; engagement
- opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
- a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
- an incompatibility of dates or events
- opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
- a disagreement or argument about something important; dispute; difference; difference of opinion
conflict
- be in conflict
- go against, as of rules and laws; run afoul; infringe; contravene
n.
- a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests
- The major issues here concern conflict of interest.
- Banks has pointed to a conflict of interest.
- Directors can have no conflict of interest.
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- It led to a conflict between her and a group of Muslims.
- The conflict between the "brothers" grows.
- The "Tales" constantly reflect the conflict between classes.
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- UN forces intervened to bring a halt to the armed conflict.
- The use of biological agents in armed conflict is a war crime.
- Gumprecht refused to accept this, and an armed conflict ensued.
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- He was severely wounded twice during the conflict.
- British military was vastly superior during the conflict.
- Two European Union monitors were killed during the conflict.
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- Most of the family, including Eleanor's children, came into conflict with Sibila.
- In 1942, for the first time in his life, Sperati came into conflict with the law.
- When groups came into conflict, the victor often appropriated the loser's property.
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- It may also refer to approaches in conflict resolution.
- Kakabadze also works in the field of peace studies and conflict resolution.
- The operation center is responsible for backup, scheduling and conflict resolution.
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- This is believed to be the highest human death toll from any military conflict.
- The military conflict also failed to occur, and by 1805, the fort had become rundown.
- Romania agreed to withdraw from the territories, to avoid a full-scale military conflict.
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- I suppose I'm working out some internal conflict".
- Due to an internal conflict, Chmielarz left Metropolis in 1999.
- In 1485, the fortunes of the Granadan internal conflict shifted yet again.
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- This triggered a major political conflict with his younger daughter.
- Due to the ongoing political conflict in Yemen, many sought football as an escape.
- This led to CCS becoming the only viable solution to overcome this political conflict.
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- In post-Soviet Russia, civil war erupts as a result of the ongoing conflict in Chechnya.
- The Burmese Civil War has been an ongoing conflict within the country of Myanmar since 1948.
- Others have said that Allah was angry that Muslims were killing each other in an ongoing conflict.
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- Such a need for structural change is likely to result in a violent conflict.
- Although Louis was a pious man, he soon came into a violent conflict with Pope Innocent II.
- This violent conflict could be of any type and could involve either latent or actual violence.
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- This brought him into direct conflict with Eric.
- That brought him into direct conflict with Mies, who disagreed with his philosophy.
- On the one hand, Luke generally does not portray this interaction as one of direct conflict.
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- Such conflict within families was seen as ‘a sign of the End’ in Jewish apocrypha.
- This led to an internal conflict within the chiropractic profession, which continues today."
- The Burmese Civil War has been an ongoing conflict within the country of Myanmar since 1948.
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- Where bears raid crops or attack livestock, they may come into conflict with humans.
- They sometimes come into conflict with local retail businesses that serve non-members.
- While there, they again come into conflict with a rival gang and Rabbit stabs one of them.
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- It was renumbered in 1961 to avoid conflict with I-95.
- Some migrations occurred to avoid conflict and warfare.
- They sought to avoid conflict with the neighboring Navajo and Apache peoples.
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- When Arab unrest threatens to erupt into open conflict, Doyle is ordered to prevent it.
- Harney, an elderly career officer, wished to avoid open conflict with secessionist forces.
- The death of the Fourth Dalai Lama in 1617 led to open conflict breaking out between various parties.
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- Egypt accepts the Covenant only to the extent it does not conflict with Islamic Sharia law.
- The court system honours tribal laws and customs when these do not conflict with national laws.
- He argues that this does not conflict with freedom of speech by suggesting that flag burning is not speech.
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- As the Soviet Union began to collapse, social disintegration and political instability fueled a surge in ethnic conflict.
- There are several stages of ethnic conflict, all of which have been present in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- There are many different types of ethnic conflict, and the vast majority can only be understood with the help of a historical context.
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- Much more important was the calculus of class conflict.
- Unresolved class conflict, however, made these laws less effective.
- The main themes of "Parasite" are class conflict, social inequality and wealth disparity.
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- Hubbell pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to disclose a potential conflict of interest from ten years earlier.
- This potential conflict relates to the design of the helmet used in the situation to which each of the parties most frequently responds.
- The DoD also does not believe the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists could be applied to a potential conflict with Iran.
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- There were nine terrorist incidents with more than hundred deaths in conflict zones.
- Capoeira4Refugees is a UK-based NGO working with youth in conflict zones in the Middle East.
- Impact of war on children The number of children in armed conflict zones are around 250 million.
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- No further major conflict occurred until the Crimean War of 1853–1856.
- Under Pope Paul V (reigned 1605–1621), a major conflict arose between Venice and the Papacy.
- Under Sukhaangpha, the Ahom kingdom entered into the first major conflict with their neighbors.
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- Bruce Buffer was not the ring announcer due to scheduling conflict with "".
- Gore canceled a debate with Myers due to a scheduling conflict in March 2018.
- Elizabeth Reaser signed on after another actress dropped out because of a scheduling conflict.
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- On 20 March 1306 Świnka restarted the conflict against Jan Muskata.
- During the 1990s Massoud would corroborate with Russia in his conflict against Taliban forces.
- After a short-term conflict against the combined Cham-German forces, the town was finally liberated.
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- The conflict ended with the Chapultepec Peace Accords.
- The whole conflict ended when Anacletus died on 25 January 1138.
- The conflict ended with an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire on 26 August 2014.
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- Directors can have no conflict of interest.
- There is no conflict, I am proud of both.
- Although Sanchez continued to shout at Koscheck, no conflict ensued.
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- On average, each civil conflict will cost a country roughly 30 years of GDP growth.
- Were he unable to pay for his enlarged army, there would likely be civil conflict, potentially open revolt.
- The most recent example of this conflict was known as the Troubles – a civil conflict that raged from around 1969 to 1998.
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- This led to the revival of an armed conflict between the PKK and Turkish forces.
- The Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929 was a minor armed conflict between the Soviet Union and China over the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway.
- The movie is based on the Kargil armed conflict between Indian and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir.
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- He then illustrates their story and where the conflict began.
- It was during this period, however, that conflict began to simmer between high school friends Shane and Guard.
- The actual conflict began with the controversy over the Interim and the question of Adiaphora in 1548 and the following years.
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- Caliph Umar II strove to resolve the conflict when he came to power in 717.
- Confronting such factors as jealousy, rage, chaos, and sabotage, the triple threat must resolve the conflict, and end the confusion.
- This tariff, written mostly by former President John Quincy Adams, reduced tariffs to resolve the conflict created by the Tariff of 1828.
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- Aki and Sid must fight against General Hein, who wishes to use more violent means to end the conflict.
- Although the FARC and ELN accepted participation in the peace process, they did not make explicit commitments to end the conflict.
- The two warring sides are inspired by this act of affection and decide to end the conflict before Fry and Leela's memories are fully restored.
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- Azar developed the theory of protracted social conflict.
- The ARIA model is a comprehensive, yet specific approach to resolving protracted social conflict.
- Historically, Afro-Asian populations have been marginalized as a result of human migration and social conflict.
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- This led to conflict between Athens and the less powerful members of the League.
- It is the foundation for today's law on same-sex marriage, which has led to conflict recently.
- This encroachment on what was considered to be Chagatai territory ultimately led to conflict with the "amir" Timur.
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- No conflict arose at the ferry, so the fort became a trading post, then a residence.
- Under Pope Paul V (reigned 1605–1621), a major conflict arose between Venice and the Papacy.
- One of the major causes of the conflict arose from Tohei's emphasis on his principle of ki in aikido.
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- At the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada the site became a source of conflict.
- Conflict over land rights is a prominent source of conflict between ethnic groups.
- This has occasionally been a source of conflict with other journalists and writers.
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- There are occasional outbreaks of religious conflict.
- The Thirty Years' War was Europe's deadliest religious conflict.
- Helwys died in prison as a consequence of the religious conflict with English dissenters under King James I.
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- During this final tour, conflict among the band increased.
- McCauley also had to overcome conflict among the tribes of his diocese.
- Modernity appears as an extended period of conflict among various efforts to redefine what such a power might be in the future.
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- Earlier legal anthropological research often focused more narrowly on conflict management, crime, sanctions, or formal regulation.
- He was responsible for the development and presentation of undergraduate and graduate courses that examine the history of conflict management and resolution.
- It has educated eight million students, teachers, and sports coaches with programs covering three main subjects: conflict management, self-esteem building, and nonviolence.
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- In 1648 there was a conflict during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
- By this time the British were advancing from the east and the first major conflict during "The Great Game" was initiated.
- Many of the participants of the meeting had fought on the same side during the Abkhazia-Georgia conflict during the early 1990s.